Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has vetoed a bill exempting charter
air service operators and crop dusters from tax on planes and
parts. But he told the state revenue department not to enforce the
tax until a revised bill can be...

Search and rescue crews have found the bodies of two pilots
in and around the wreckage of a cargo plane that crashed in heavily
treed mountains north of Vancouver. The discovery came a day after
the Sweringen SA 226 aircraft disappeared from the radar screen
while on its way from Vancouver to Prince George, B.C. Navy Lt.
Paul Trenholm of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said one
pilot's body ...

Houston, TX – April 14, 2015 - 2015 marks the 50th
anniversary of Biobor JF®, one of aviation’s benchmark innovations.
In 1965, the McDonald Douglas DC-9 was making its debut as the
first commercial jetliner with a two man cockpit crew, and air
travel was growing by leaps and bounds.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, has said the
pilots of the Nigerian Air Force have displayed a commendable
degree of courage by defying gunshot wounds to carry out aerial
bombardments of insurgents hideouts in the North-East. Amosu said
this during the winging ceremony of 15 fighter pilots of the
Nigerian Air Force... [Read More...]

A Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane heavy-lift helicopter
is expected fly in equipment needed restore full power to
Pangnirtung, says the community's senior administrative
officer. "That helicopter is going to be used to fly in heavy
equipment such as generators over the next few days, weather
depending," he said. Crews are now working to put the helicopter
together. The weather in both Pangnirtung and ...

Basel / Switzerland, April 14, 2015 – Jet Aviation Basel has
signed a new Completions agreement with an undisclosed client in
the Middle East for a VIP cabin interior on a Boeing BBJ3. The
aircraft will be delivered to the company in Q1 2016. Jet Aviation
Basel signed the company’s 27th Boeing completions contract.

VANCOUVER - Search and rescue crews have found the bodies of
two pilots in and around the wreckage of a cargo plane that crashed
in heavily treed mountains north of Vancouver. The discovery came a
day after the Sweringen SA 226 aircraft disappeared from the radar
screen while on its way from Vancouver to Prince George, B.C. Navy
Lt. Paul Trenholm of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said one
...

A third Black Hawk helicopter has been called into service as
University of Mary students evacuated early this evening as a
grass fire approached the campus. The university has been closed
for the night.

Civil helicopter MRO is a fundamental aspect of civil
helicopter operations. The civil helicopter MRO market is heavily
influenced by the activities of the wider civil helicopter market.
On the other hand, the essential requirements to perform MRO
services and unscheduled maintenance and repairs on existing
helicopter fleets will also drive demand within the market. North
America and Europe hold ...

A new report on the investigation into a deadly helicopter
crash in Harrison County last month reveals none of the witnesses
actually saw the crash. The preliminary report from the National
Transportation Safety Board said multiple people were in contact
with the helicopter from the ground during the controlled burn
operation, but they only heard the accident happen.

​CanJet Airlines will lay off 47 pilots and 68 permanent and
seasonal flight attendants by May, after canceling its European
routes, CBC News has learned. The cuts total more than 70 per cent
of the charter airline's flying staff. CanJet currently employs
about 62 pilots and 100 flight attendants. CanJet, a subsidiary of
Halifax-based IMP Group, launched its own vacation package deals
last year.

Police/Fire Helicopter used as ice breaker to rescue two from
Lake Michigan (WITH USCG VIDEO) A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter on
Saturday used the power of its rotors to assist two anglers whose
boat got caught in the ice on Lake Michigan off Holland State Park,
showing the dangers of even a small amount of ice on the big lake.
The Holland Sentinel PARK TOWNSHIP Apr 14, 2015 (function(e,t){if(t
...

First Delivery Expected In June 2016 Bell Helicopter has
signed a contract with Public Works and Government Services Canada
(PWGSC) for the supply of seven Bell 412EPI helicopters to the
Canadian Coast Guard (CCG). The aircraft will support the CCG’s
maritime security and fisheries activities and will contribute to
the safety, accessibility, sustainability and security of Canadian
waters.

INVESTIGATORS probing the helicopter crash that killed Tan
Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis and five others are looking at a host of
new angles, as more questions have emerged after the black box data
was retrieved. It has now emerged that while the passengers were
“very chatty” as the Dauphin AS365N2 flew from Kuantan, the cockpit
voice recorder (CVR) revealed that nobody said anything for a while
...

JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU.O), the fifth biggest U.S. airline
by passengers carried, consistently cancels flights sooner than
rivals when storms pummel the U.S. Northeast, a tactic that may
help its customers reach destinations more reliably, a Reuters
analysis of flight data shows. Scrapping some flights
hours ahead of a storm lets an airline re-allocate planes and crew
earlier, meaning ...

Kyrgyzstan national Aidana Baizieva was "actively
participating" in the flight operations of the helicopter that
crashed earlier this month, killing Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis and
five others, the New Straits Times said today, based on a source
who cited data from the aircraft's cockpit voice recorder (CVR).
Quoting the source, the English...

New business in Morgantown, W.Va. Mountain Air Services makes
announcement that the company moves its entire operation to
Morgantown Municipal Airport. The company brings the convenience of
private aircraft charter to fast growing Morgantown. (PRWeb April
13, 2015) Read the full story at
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/04/prweb12649052.htm

SHANGHAI, CHINA--(Marketwired - Apr 11, 2015) - Universal
Aviation ®, the ground handling division of Universal Weather and
Aviation, Inc. (exhibit #H325), announced at ABACE2015 that it will
expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, with the addition
of Universal Aviation Philippines, an FBO joint venture with Asian
Aerospace Corporation.

AgustaWestland, the helicopter unit of Italy's Finmeccanica
SpA, Bristow Group, Doss Aviation and Rockwell Collins Inc on
Monday proposed a new service-based system for training U.S.
military pilots using AgustaWestland's AW119 single-engine
helicopter. Robert LaBelle, chief executive of AgustaWestland North
America, told Reuters the companies were still working out how to
structure their ...

The recent crash of a German airliner in the French Alps has
brought an increased focus on the men and women who sit at the
controls of the world’s commercial airliners. Especially those
sitting in the co-pilot’s seat.

Iran has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the year-round
Umrah Islamic pilgrimage over allegations that Saudi security
officers sexually assaulted two Iranian boys, Culture Minister Ali
Jannati said on Monday. "Until these guilty people are put on trial
and punished, the Umrah will be stopped and Iranian flights will be
suspended," the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) cited Jannati
as ...

SAINT-CLOUD, France -- Airbus Group announced on April 10,
2015 the sale of 115,172 Dassault Aviation shares by the exercice
of the over-allotment option granted by Airbus Group to the joint
bookrunners ...

The crash is believed to have been intentionally caused by
the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, who was previously treated for
suicidal tendencies. As ongoing investigations into the co-pilot
suicide continue, I recently took the opportunity to talk to Datuk
Dr Andrew Mohanraj and ask him more about mental health and airline
pilots. Dr Andrew is a consultant psychiatrist with special
interest in ...

How safe is airplane travel? Commercial jet aviation is an
exceptionally safe way to get from here to there. More than three
million people around the world fly safely on commercial aircraft
every day.